HMS Cornelia

Plan of Cornelia
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cornelia
Ordered10 June 1805
BuilderSimon Temple, South Shields
Laid downMay 1806
Launched28 July 1808
Commissioned1808
Out of service1814
Honours &
awards		Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Java"
FateBroken up 1814
General characteristics
Class & typeNarcissus-class frigate
Tons burthen90890⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:142 ft 5+3⁄4 in (43.4 m)
  • Keel:118 ft 11+1⁄8 in (36.2 m)
Beam37 ft 10+7⁄8 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Complement254
Armament
  • Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Cornelia was a Royal Navy 32-gun fifth-rate Narcissus-class frigate, launched in 1808 at South Shields. She participated in the Invasion of Ile de France in 1810 and the invasion of Java in 1811. She was broken up in 1814.

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